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Emic-Etic Conflicts as Explanation of Nonparticipation in Adult Education among the Maya of Western Guatemala.
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Cutz, German; Chandler, Paul – Adult Education Quarterly, 2000
Causes for lack of participation of Mayan adults in literacy programs were investigated in ethnographic interviews. Emic deterrents at the individual, family, community, and national levels included personal needs, self-perception, rigid moral values, machismo, ethnic and cultural identity, community loyalty, and teaching formats. Successful…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Nonparticipation of Mayan Adults in Rural Literacy Programs.
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Cutz, German; Chandler, Paul – Convergence, 1999
Interviews with five Mayans in Guatemalan villages identified deterrents to participation in literacy programs at four levels: (1) individual (personal history, self-perception); (2) family (values, machismo); (3) community (ethnic identity, economic system); and (4) national (funding, policies, culturally inappropriate formats). (SK)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education